MuniWireless

Another day, another study announcing to the world that broadband infrastructure in most countries is not future-ready (for watching YouTube, video chatting and file sharing). It’s not even present-ready, given that many people are using these applications right now.

A study based on results of Speedtest.net (which I use to measure bandwidth when I’m traveling - just out of curiosity), shows Japan in the top spot (again) followed by Sweden, the Netherlands, Latvia (!) and Korea. The US is in 16th…

It seems the only person outraged enough to complain about the rising cost of text messaging and possible collusion (aka price fixing) among the carriers is Senator Herb Kohl, head of the US Senate antitrust subcommittee who sent a letter to four mobile phone operators (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile) which reads in part:

“Your four companies are the nation’s leading wireless telephone companies, collectively serving more than 90% of the nation’s wireless subscribers. Since 2005, the cost for a consumer…

The French competition authority has imposed a 45 million EUR fine against France Telecom for anti-competitive behavior in the French DSL market in 2001-2002.The French competition authority has imposed a 45 million EUR fine against France Telecom for anti-competitive behavior in the French DSL market in 2001-2002. The complaints against France Telecom were brought by Liberty Surf and T-Online because France Telecom was abusing its dominant position in the DSL market, favoring its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wanadoo, to the detriment of…

The United States risks falling deeper into the world-wide digital divide if states model their future after a Kentucky initiative that embraces DSL as the broadband standard.That’s the fear articulated by Sean P. Aune on an international tech blog. DSL may be high-speed compared to dial-up but, in terms of where the rest of the world is already headed, it’s slooooooow.The United States risks falling deeper into the world-wide digital divide if states model their future after a Kentucky initiative…